How to overcome the trust deficit ??

The trust deficit the Jacobite clergy has in the Orthodox clergy and vice versa, I feel, is the reason for the stalemate in the CM mediated and other peace initiatives and talks between the two oldest Christian factions in Kerala. 

Will Orthodox clergy be ready to give whole Orthodox and Jacobite parishes under the guidance of Jacobite bishops and be ready to be their deputies ? That is the way to instil trust and confidence in the other party.

The Jacobite clergy does not want peace dictated to them, it can never be lasting peace. Their argument is very simple, though not stated openly. Their forefathers also shed their sweat, blood and tears to build the churches for 1900 years before the split happened. *An honourable and respectable union is what they sincerely desire*. 

Sadly, the orthodox top clergy, with no sincere intention to bring eternal peace, lacks the basic intelligence to understand this and *insists on dictated peace with the Jacobites*. Any idiot can see through this game plan of ours.

Can some educated and intelligent members of Malankara Orthodox clergy and laity together (we have many respectable public leaders) take leadership and initiative to replace the insincere people in the leadership to bring lasting peace in the United single church ? 🙏🙏👍👍

Who is helping Malayalam music industry most, Yesudas or MG Sreekumar ?

Being a person with some basic training in Carnatic classical music, I have been following Malayalam music industry, both film music, light music, classical music for more than forty years now since my school days in Don Bosco Irinjalakuda.

I have great respect for Dr K J Yesudas, as a great singer but these days I get slowly disillusioned with his contributions to the music industry. The reasons are given below.

The singers like MG Sreekumar, M. Jayachandran etc. are taking part in talent shows of younger stars and are giving them great encouragement. But I do not see this encouragement and motivation coming from Yesudas Sir. Being a great father and a parent, Yesudas tries to  promote his sons to the music industry, but rarely have I seen him promoting new budding talent. 

Even though the whole Malayalam music world considers Yesudas Sir as a demiGod, why is Yesudas Sir turning his attention away from the youngsters, who have all potential to be singers better than Yesudas sir imself ? Why is he not motivating and encouraging youngsters in the music field ?

On the contrary, I am surprised and taken aback by the selfless support and encouragement given by MG Sreekumar to the Malayalam music scene for the past many years. Sreekumar takes great interest in motivating and promoting youngsters to the music world. 

In the past two years watching Top Singer musical talent programme on 24 channel on Flowers TV, I have full praise for MG Sreekumar for the great service he is doing to the music industry. The way Sreekumar motivates and encourages budding singers to do their best, to never mind if they commit mistakes, if they fail  he motivates them to do better the next time and tries to be one among them. All these speak talks volumes of the great mind and good intentions of MG Sreekumar.

I have great respect for Sreekumar Sir as my elder brother, he is very valuable to the Malayalam music industry. Sadly Yesudas sir is showing signs of age and tiredness, does not care about budding newcomers..  I am extremely pained at telling this truth.

I bow my head in front of MG Sreekumar who is doing a great service to the Malayali youngsters. MG deserves the full support and respect of Malayalis from across the world as much as Yesudas sir, if not more ..

I hope Yesudas Sir would now devote more time with the budding singers of today motivating them, if so, posterity will be thankful and remember him for ever ..

George..

Are we giving and taking respect in the Orthodox church ?

It is very shameful and shocking that the most important stakeholder in the whole orthodox Jacobite church issue  the *church going, innocent, devout public, who are being taken for a ride and conveniently ignored* by other less important war mongering entities in the church, including the clergy, who do not want peace in the church, in the second round of discussions with the CM today.

Hope everyone respects others, becomes more accommodative of others. Hope all stakeholders become conscious, vigilant  and assertive of their roles and responsibilities in the church .. 🙏